Orthodox Judaism
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Denver Rabbinical Council and Conversions, 1956-1988
File
Identifier: B429.06.0022.0001
Abstract
Some of the Jewish congregations in Denver were members of the Denver Rabbinical Council. In 1978, a Rabbinic Conversion Board was established consisting of Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Rabbis. The communal conversion board stressed education and the sincerity of the conversion applicant. The Rabbinical Council of America strongly opposed the inclusion of Conservative and Reform rabbis and by 1984, the Denver Conversion Program was dissolved. The file contains proposals,...
Dates:
1956-1988